FIPC research projects - Queensland Stay On Your Feet®
The Stay On Your Feet® Falls Injury Prevention Collaborative (FIPC) is committed to supporting research into the delivery of falls prevention initiatives to Queenslanders across the health-care continuum in the community, aged-care facilities and hospitals. We take a collaborative approach to research, bringing together doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, patients and the community to work toward a common goal – reducing the burden of falls among older Queenslanders and making a positive contribution to maintaining their health and wellbeing.
Current FIPC research projects
- Falls Tools Project: Trial and evaluation of falls tools across the continuum
Completed FIPC research projects
- Falls Specialist Officer Project: Evaluates the role of Falls Specialist Officers (FSO) working in hospitals to deliver education, training and support to frontline staff on best practice strategies for falls prevention
- Falls Clinic Project: Evaluates a hospital-based falls clinic and two community-based falls clinics established in a South-East Queensland Health Service District
- Area Falls Safety Officer Project: Evaluated a trial of a workforce enhancement strategy at an Area Health Service level to support and coordinate evidence based falls prevention implementation across the health continuum
- Low-low Bed Project: Evaluated the effectiveness of developing a policy for the use of a low-low bed for patients at high risk of falls
- Wide-Bay Burnett Pilot Project: Evaluated cost-effective and sustainable interventions aimed at reducing falls and subsequent injury among people aged 60 years and over who were living in the general Wide-Bay Burnett area